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På svenska: Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjöld, född 29 juli 1905 i Jönköping, död 18 september 1961 nära Ndola i Nordrhodesia (nuvarande Zambia), var en svensk nationalekonom, jurist, ämbetsman, diplomat, adelsman och författare. Hammarskjöld är främst känd för att han från 1953 fram till sin död verkade som FN:s generalsekreterare och som sådan avled på sin post när det flygplan han färdades i störtade i djungeln i Nordrhodesia i september 1961. Även om teorier att planet skulle ha skjutits ned genast uppstod, fastslog tidiga utredningar att kraschen varit en olycka. Senare försök att klargöra svenskens öde har dock fått fram uppgifter som pekar mot att olyckan egentligen var ett mord.Hammarskjöld efterträdde 1954 sin far som ledamot av Svenska Akademien (på stol 17) och blev därmed den första akademiledamot som efterträdde sin förälder. Hammarskjöld tilldelades postumt Nobels fredspris år 1961. Lär dig mer på Wikipedia
In English: Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjöld ( HAM-ər-shuuld, Swedish: [ˈdɑːɡ ˈhâmːarˌɧœld] ; 29 July 1905 – 18 September 1961) was a Swedish economist and diplomat who served as the second Secretary-General of the United Nations from April 1953 until his death in a plane crash in September 1961. As of 2023, he remains the youngest person to have held the post, having been only 47 years old when he was appointed. He was a son of Hjalmar Hammarskjöld, who served as Prime Minister of Sweden from 1914 to 1917. Hammarskjöld's tenure was characterized by efforts to strengthen the newly formed UN both internally and externally. He led initiatives to improve morale and organisational efficiency while seeking to make the UN more responsive to global issues. He presided over the creation of the first UN peacekeeping forces in Egypt and the Congo and personally intervened to defuse or resolve diplomatic crises. Hammarskjöld's second term was cut short when he died in a plane crash while en route to cease-fire negotiations during the Congo Crisis. Hammarskjöld was and remains well regarded internationally as a capable diplomat and administrator, and his efforts to resolve various global crises led to him being the only posthumous recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. He is considered one of the two best UN secretaries-general, along with his successor U Thant, and his appointment has been hailed as one of the most notable successes for the organization. U.S. President John F. Kennedy called Hammarskjöld "the greatest statesman of our century". Learn more at Wikipedia
